Retro: Hartford/New Haven, Thur. August 5th, 1993

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Been meaning to get to a couple of Retro listings, but haven't had time.

Source: TV Guide (#2105)

CHANNELS
2 WCBS New York City CBS
3 WFSB Hartford CBS
4 WNBC New York City NBC
5 WNYW New York City Fox
7 WABC New York City ABC
8 WTNH New Haven ABC
9 WWOR New York City IND
11 WPIX New York City IND
13 WNET New York City PBS
20 WTXX Waterbury IND/HSN
22 WWLP Springfield NBC
24 WEDH Hartford PBS
26 WTWS New London IND
30 WVIT New Britain NBC
38B WSBK Boston IND
40 WGGB Springfield ABC
57 WGBY Springfield PBS
61 WTIC Hartford Fox
65 WEDY New Haven PBS

8/5/93 - Thurs

5AM
3 Rush Limbaugh
4 This Morning's Business
5 The Judge
11 Highway to Heaven
13 Violincello
22 Headline News
30 ANC News
38B Underdog
61 Shepherds' Chapel Bible Study

5:30
2 CBS News-John Roberts
3 This Morning's Business
4 22 NBC News-Ann Curry
5 Faith 20
7 40 ABC News-Thalia Assuras
30 Nightside
38B Morning Stretch

6AM
2 4 7 22 40 News
3 CBS News
5 Good Day NY: First Edition
8 ABC/Local News
9 Commercial Program
11 Webster
13 Learn to Read
20 Camp Candy
26 Kenneth Copeland
30 NBC/Local News
38B George of the Jungle
61 DuckTales

6:30
3 News
9 Tom & Jerry
11 Ducktales
13 GED
20 T-Rex
26 Commercial Programs
38B Tennessee Tuxedo
61 Chip 'n Dale

6:45
57 AM Weather

7AM
2 3 This Morning-Smith/Zahn
Scheduled: Sean Connery.
4 22 30 Today-Couric/Gumbel
Scheduled guest: actor Tommy Lee Jones.
5 Good Day New York
7 8 40 Good Morning America-Gibson/Lunden
Scheduled: George Burns; John Candy.
9 Inspector Gadget
11 Stunt Dawgs
13 24 65 Sesame Street
20 Home Shopping Network
38B Small Wonder
57 Reading Rainbow
61 James Bond Jr.

7:30
9 Camp Candy
[The Flintstones may air here. (There's tons of these, I assume these are WWOR EMI programs.)]
11 Jetsons
38B DuckTales
57 Mister Rogers
61 Beetlejuice

8AM
9 James Bond Jr.
[I Dream of Jeannie may air here.]
11 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
13 24 65 Barney & Friends
38B Camp Candy
57 Shining Time Station
61 Alvin & the Chipmunks

8:30
9 Widget
[Bewitched may air here.]
11 T-Rex
13 Lamb Chop's Play-Alonng
24 65 Mister Rogers
38B Woody Woodpecker
57 Barney & Friends
61 Darkwing Duck

9AM
2 Jane Whitney
Scheduled topic: romance between white-collar women and motorcyclists.
3 Maury Povich
Scheduled topic: domestic violence.
4 Classic Concentration
5 I Love Lucy BW
7 Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: Singer Jon Secada; actors Christian Slater, Mario Van Peebles.
8 Phil Donahue
Scheduled topic: friction between sisters-in-law.
9 Out of This World
[Leave it to Beaver may air here.]
11 Happy Days
13 Shining Time Station
20 Highway to Heaven
22 Geraldo
Scheduled topic: motherhood and allegations of child abuse.
24 57 65 Sesame Street
30 Joan Rivers
Scheduled topic: serial murder.
38B Family Ties
40 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled program topic: disapproval of a neighbor's lifestyle.
61 Stunt Dawgs

9:30
4 Caesars Challenge
5 Mama's Family
9 Silver Spoons
11 Designing Women
13 Mister Rogers
38B Hogan Family
61 Cosby Show

10AM
2 3 Family Feud Challenge
4 22 John & Leeza
5 Mama's Family
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
8 Geraldo
9 Perfect Strangers
[The Partridge Family may air here.]
11 Paradise Beach
13 Sesame Street
20 Church Service-Catholic
24 57 65 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
26 Valuevision
30 Montel Williams
Scheduled topic: spouses who can't cook.
38B Beverly Hillbillies
40 Vicki!
Scheduled topic: Hollywood wives. Guests include Paula Steiger, Jan Rooney.
61 Jenny Jones
Scheduled topic: overcoming child abuse. Guests include Suzanne Somers.

10:30
5 People's Court
9 It's a Living
11 Wavelength
20 Christopher Closeup
24 65 Shining Time Station
38B Andy Griffith BW
57 Reading Rainbow

11AM
2 3 Price is Right
4 Jerry Springer
Scheduled topic: vitiligo, a skin disease characterized by loss of pigment. (Wow, no stripper fights!)
5 Good Day Street Talk
7 Home
8 40 Regis & Kathie Lee
9 Richard Bey
11 Joan Rivers
Scheduled topic: serial murder.
13 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
20 Home Shopping Network
22 Designing Women
24 65 Reading Rainbow
30 John & Leeza
38B Honeymooners BW
57 Square One Television
61 People's Court

11:30
5 People's Court
13 Reading Rainbow
22 Designing Women
24 65 Square One Television
38B Jeffersons
57 Mister Rogers
61 Wonder Years

Noon
2 3 5 7 8 22 40 News
4 Divorce Court (no midday news on the NBC flagship?)
9 Who's the Boss?
11 Vicki!
13 Learn to Read
24 65 Welcome to My Studio
26 700 Club
30 Classic Concentration
38B Andy Griffith BW
57 Sesame Street
61 Love Connection

12:30
2 3 Young & The Restless
4 Love Connection
5 Matlock
7 8 40 Loving
9 Who's the Boss?
13 GED
22 30 Caesars Challenge
24 65 Fun with Watercolors
38B Beverly Hillbillies
61 That's Amore

1PM
4 22 30 Days of Our Lives
7 8 40 All My Children
9 New Adam-12
11 Shirley
Scheduled topic: battered women. (She had just started that Monday)
13 Frugal Gourmet
24 65 America with Dennis Wholey
26 Valuevision
38B Okavango (Apparently a family drama set in Botswana, a notable star being Eddie Albert of Green Acres)
57 Faerie Tale Teatre
61 In the Heat of the Night

1:30
2 3 Bold and the Beautiful
5 Diff'rent Strokes
9 Baseball
New York Mets at Montreal.
13 Welcome to My Studio
24 65 Vicotry Garden
38B ALF

2PM
2 3 As the World Turns
4 22 30 Another World
5 Alvin and the Chipmunks
7 8 40 One Life to Live
11 Flintstones
13 24 65 Charlie Rose
38B Heathcliff
57 Square One Television
61 Commercial Program

2:30
5 Beetlejuice
11 Dennis the Menace (cartoon)
26 I Dream of Jeannie
38B Ducktales
57 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
61 Tale Spin

3PM
2 3 Guiding Light
4 Maury Povich
5 61 Merrie Melodies
7 8 40 General Hospital
11 38B Chip 'n Dale
13 Club Connect
20 Woody Woodpecker
22 Tale Spin (weren't most Big 3 stations getting rid of cartoons by '93?)
24 65 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
26 Laverne & Shirley
30 Matlock
57 You Can Choose

3:30
5 61 Tom & Jerry Kids
11 38B Tale Spin
13 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
20 Alvin Show
22 Goof Troop
24 65 Shining Time Station
26 Okavango
57 Barney & Friends

4PM
2 Geraldo
3 7 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled topic: disagreeing with a former lover over debts incurred during the relationship.
4 40 Phil Donahue
Scheduled topic: meeting and marrying on the same day.
5 61 Tiny Toons
8 Sally Jessy Raphael
11 38B Darkwing Duck
13 Sesame Street
20 Jetsons
22 In the Heat of the Night
After Bubba kills a suspect during an armed-robbery attempt, the man's good-old-boy brothers are dead set on revenge. Tom Wormlee: Bill Gribble.
24 65 Barney & Friends
The gang plans Barney's birthday party.
26 Divorce Court
30 Desinging Women
Dolly Parton plays Charlene's 'guardian movie star,' who comes to her in a dream with news of her baby's birth. Part 1 of 2.
57 Shining Time Station
Schemer's plan to convert Harry's workshop into a snack bar leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

4:30
5 61 Batman
9 Kiner's Korner
11 38B Goof Troop
20 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
24 65 Sesame Street
26 The Judge
30 Golden Girls
Dorothy invites her ex (Herbert Edelman) to their daughter's wedding, but only because it'll give her the opportunity to get revenge.
57 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
Lamb Chop aspires to be a famous ballerina.

5PM
2 3 4 7 8 News
5 Montel Williams
9 227
Lester (Hal Williams) obliges Pearl by having a man-to-man talk with Calvin about sex, and then worries when Calvin asks Brenda out. [The Love Boat may air here.]
11 Hogan Family
Mother Poole (Kathleen Freeman) moves in with the Hogans after Mrs. Poole vents her anger against her overbearing mother-in-law.
13 Barney & Friends
Min (Pia Jasmine Manalo) and Kathy (Lauren Elizabeth King) learn about sharing.
20 Underdog
22 30 Married...with Children
26 Family Feud
38B Wavelength
40 People's Court
57 Sesame Street
61 Goof Troop

5:30
3 8 22 40 News
9 Amen
Honeymoon plans go awry when a man (Robert Schenkken) tries to jump from the ledge of Thelma and Reuben's hotel suite. [The Love Boat, in profess, may air.]
11 Charles in Charge
Charles finds little to like in Jamie's new friend-a snobbish girl who controls a school clique.
13 Inside Albany
20 Flintstones
24 65 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
26 Wavelength
30 Cheers
Cliff (John Ratzenberger) is scared sightless when Margaret (Annie Golden) returns from Canada with an offer to go steady.
38B 61 Saved By the Bell
WTIC: A teen idol (Eddie Garcia) chooses Bayside to film an antidrug commercial, but the gang feels betrayed when they learn he smokes pot.

6PM
2 3 4 7 8 22 30 40 News
5 Roseanne
Darlene (Sara Gilbert) is asked to read her winning poem on Culture Night at her school, but she would rather stay home.
9 Cosby Show
Clair (Phylicia Rashad) puts Cliff (Bill Cosby) on a low-salt, low-fat, low-cholestrol diet, but he doesn't take easily to the new regimen. [Leave it to Beaver may air here.]
11 Growing Pains
Part 2. Mike & Amy (Heather Langenkamp) try to get from Spain to Paris, where Mike's mother is in a hospital.
13 New Jersey News
20 Jetsons
24 65 Butterflies
Russell adds to his parents' worries when they discover that their unemployed son has become a father.
26 Knight Rider
Michael enters an alternative-fuel race to discover who's been sabotaging the entires.
38 Hogan Family
57 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
61 Full House
D.J. (Candace Cameron) tries to make herself look older after spending a difficult first day amid the veterans of junior high.

6:30
2 3 CBS News
4 22 30 NBC News
5 Rescue 911
An elderly woman who suffered a heart attack while scuba diving off the Florida Keys.
7 8 40 ABC News
9 Cosby Show
While Sondra is sick and her guard is down, the grandmothers swiftly move in and snatch up the twins.
11 Wonder Years
Kevin (Fred Savage) tries to avoid the humiliation of his mother's protective vigilance as he plays tackle football after school with his pals.
13 24 57 65 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Hank Gilman.
20 Tennessee Tuxedo
38B M*A*S*H
61 Love Connection

7pm and later in a separate post

 

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7PM
2 Hard Copy
3 Inside Edition
Scheduled topic: reunions between bone-marrow donors and recipients.
4 Cops
Minneapolis police investigate an apartment break-in; answer a sexual assault call.
5 30 40 A Current Affair
7 8 Jeopardy!
9 Married...with Children
Conclusion. Al (Ed O'Neill) jousts to save his family after the Unctonians unite against them. [Gimme a Break! may air here.]
11 Different World
While visiting Hillman, Clair Huxtable fends off the advances of an alumunus (Robert Hooks).
13 24 57 65 MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour
20 Home Shopping Network
22 Wheel of Fortune
26 Mystic Coast & Country
38B Cheers
61 Roseanne
Bowling night finds Roseanne checking out Becky's boyfriend, while Jackie and Booker make a bet with high stakes.

7:30
2 3 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Craig T. Nelson.
4 Love Connection
5 Inside Edition
7 8 Wheel of Fortune
9 Married...with Children
Bud is puzzled when Kelly is asked to join a group of intellectuals; Al and Jeferson attempt to piece together a workbench. [Fish may air here.]
11 Cheers
Diane (Shelley Long) fears that actor Andy Schroeder (Derek McGrath), who once tried to strangle her, has escaped from the home for the criminally insane and is out to get her.
22 Jeopardy!
26 Hollywood Babylon
30 40 Hard Copy
38B 61 Murphy Brown
WTIC: Murphy's wisecracks may get her expelled from Lamaze class-which would leave her classmates breathing sighs of relief.

8PM
2 3 Top Cops
Wyoming's Paul Dean describes his pursuit of a suspefct who killed a man; Ohio's Al Word recalls investigating the shooting death of his elderly aunt and uncle; Illinois officer Bill Michael tells of coming to the aid of two children who had stopped breathing.
4 22 30 Mad About You
Couch, sofa, love seat. Roughly the same? Not if it's the first one purchased by 'us,' as opposed to 'you' or 'me.'
5 61 The Simpsons
Marge escapes a flu epidemic, but not the eyes of Apu, who catcher her accidentally taking an item during a shopping run for flu sufferers. Her attonrey: Lionel Hutz, of course. David Crosby has a cameo.
7 8 40 World of Discovery
'The Secret Life of 118 Greet Street' uses magnification, slow motion and time-lapse photography to examine the unseen creatures that inhabit a typical, well-kept home-and offers a new perspective on everyday activities like eating, shaving and bathing.
9 Renegade
Reno takes refuge from a hurricane in a saloon, where he is held hostage by a pair of fugutives seeking revenge on an ex-cellmate.
11 Movie
'Betsy's Wedding.' (1990) Alan Alda wrote, directed and stars as a financially pressed father, but the scene-stealer is Aonthony LaPaglia as mobster Stevie Dee.
13 Adam Smith
24 65 Scientific American Frontiers
An edition from Egypt and Israel includes efforts to save the Red Sea's coral reef by using a steel double-pyramid; attempts to discover how the Great Pyramids were built; how the parting of the Red Sea was, according to one researcher, 'physically possible.'
26 Movie
'Runaway Father.' (1991) Fact-based drama about an abandoned wife (Donna Mills) struggling to build a career and raise three daughters after being deserted by her philandering husband (Jack Scalia).
38B Movie
'Summer School.' (1987) Carl Reiner directed this teen film with Mark Harmon as a teacherconned into exchanging his Hawaiian vacation for a remedial English class.
57 This Old House
Wallpaper is hung in the master bedroom.

8:30
4 22 30 Wings
Bad news chased by bad whiskey makes Alex (Farrah Forke) far from a dull girl, but just how far? Neither she nor her shoulder-to-cry-on, Joe, is talking, making for a crazed Brian (Steven Weber).
5 61 Martin
When Martin is falsely jailed for credit card fraud, the gang scrambles to come up with bail money.
13 Burt Wolf: Eating Well
A culinary tour of New York.
57 Frugal Gourmet
Armenian dishes include kulta, lulu kebab.

9PM
2 3 Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
Scheduled: Connie Chung prfoiles Leonard Tose, former owner of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, whose gambling losses have led to legal battles with some casinos. Tose charges that the casinos let him continue to bet after offering him "drink after drink".
4 22 30 Cheers
Conclusion. Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) makes a fool of herself at Mr. Gaines' party, while the gang discovers what Cliff has done with his mother (Frances Sternhagen). Mr. Gaines: Richard Doyle.
5 61 In Living Color
From 1991: A 911 caller gets an automated response; fur wearers get a clear-conscience option; Oswald's son learns the facts of life from his imprisoned father.
7 8 40 Matlock
From 1986: Matlock weathers threats and logistical setbacks in defending a dying mob chieftain (Jose Ferrer) charged with murdering his rival. Part 1 of 2. James L. McShane: William Conrad. Paul: Joe Penny.
9 Highlander
Duncan walks an emotional tightrope when he's reunited with a girlfriend (Elizabeth Gracen), a circus performer whose planned robbery may leave him the fall guy.
13 Mystery!
'Peril at End House,' part 1 of 2. At a Cornish resort, Poirot (David Suchet) aids a woman who's had three brushes with death. [The conclusion follows.]
24 57 65 Mystery!
'The Adventure of the Western Star' lures Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) into a case involving two huge diamonds, blackmail and an ancient curse. Marie Marvelle: Rosalind Bennett. Gregory Rolf: Oliver Cotton.

9:30
4 22 30 Seinfeld
Jerry adopts Elaine's opinion about a woman he's seeing and drops her, then Elaine changes her mind; George accomapnies a woman (Megan Mullally) to a funeral and gets 'boyfriend' status-briefly.
5 61 Down the Shore
'An adventure' with neighbors Rush and Ozzie (David Bowe, Eddie Gorodetsky) lands Eddie, Aldo and Zack in jail after they're found drunk in a stolen car with a gun in the glove compartment.
[Last show of the series.]

10PM
2 3 Picket Fences
A 40-year-old woman is charged with killing the husband she is about to divorce, and Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) attempts to build a temporary-insanity plea to attribute her recent erratic behavior to menopause.
4 22 30 Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan
The Chicago Bulls hoopster is honored at a gala held in July 1991. Billy Crystal, Marsha Warfield, Will Smith, Robert Townsend and Paul Rodriguez stage comic routines; George Wendt, Nora Dunn, Jane Curtin, Victoria Jackson, Andrea Martin and Chris Farley take part in sketches; and Patti LaBelle, and Bruce Hornsby and the Range perform.
5 9 11 20 26 61 News
7 8 40 Primetime Live
13 Mystery!
In the conclusion of 'Peril at End House,' the murder probe continues as Poirot (David Suchet) questions Challenger and Freddie.
24 65 Cecilia Bartoli: A Portrait
A 1992 film showcasing the Italian mezzosoprano, whom one writer called 'the opera world's...most talked-about diva and darling.' Included: comments from Bartoli and clips of her performing.
38B Hogan's Heroes
57 Mystery!
Poirot (David Suchet) takes the case of 'The Veiled Lady' (Frances Barber), who says she's being blackmailed by 'a horrible man.'

10:30
20 Designing Women
26 Commercial Programs
38B Hogan's Heroes
61 Star Trek: The Next Generation
While initiating relations with the Tamarians-whose language is incomprehensible to humans-Picard and the captain of the Tamarian ship (Paul Winfield) are transported to a planet where both face a fierce beast.

11PM
2 3 4 7 8 22 30 40 News
5 M*A*S*H
Father Mulcahy tries to accommodate a GI's request for a Jewish religious ceremony.
9 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
[The Streets of San Francisco may air.]
11 Cheers
As Frasier's relationship with Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) fizzles, the guys convince him that Rebecca is warm for his form.
13 24 57 65 Charlie Rose
20 Movie
'The Honkers.' (1972) Rodeo action footage highlights this story about the personal and professional problems of an aging circuit rider. James Coburn.
38B Cheers

11:30
3 Silk Stalkings
Nothing's playful about the games a contractor's wife (Barbara Lee Alexander) plays. Foster: Tim Thomerson.
5 All in the Family
Archie vs. the IRS: he's trying to weasel out of taxes on his income as a moonlighting cab driver.
9 Arsenio Hall
Scheduled: Jennifer Grey; music group Digable Planets; and Rachelle Ferrell and George Duke. [The Streets of San Francisco, in progress, may air, followed by Simon & Simon.]
11 Murphy Brown
Miles panics when he realizes the older woman he shared a one-night stand with is the boss's wife (Clare Peck).
38B Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
61 Night Court
Roz (Marsha Warfield) sharpens her people skills on an arrogant child star (Billy Cohen) in court shooting a TV pilot in which Harry has a bit part.

11:35
2 Silk Stalkings
4 22 30 The Tonight Show
Scheduled: Singer Taylor Dayne. Jay Leno.
7 8 40 Nightline

Midnight
5 Studs
11 Designing Women
13 Center Stage
26 Movie
'Cactus in the Snow.' (1972) Richard Thomas plays an 18-year-old soldier who is trying to lose his virginity before he's sent to Vietnam.
38B Kojak
61 Commercial Program

12:05
7 Movie
'Fatal Woman.' (1991) A California forest ranger's wife (Lisa Zane) disappears the day after their wedding. Colin Firth. Elijah: Billy Zane.
8 Paradise Beach
40 Dan Yorke

12:30
3 Entertainment Tonight
5 A Current Affair
9 Whoopi Goldberg
Scheduled: Burt Reynolds. [Simon & Simon, in progress, may air.]
11 Honeymooners BW
61 Dr. Gene Scott

12:35
2 Scene of the Crime
A plot to steal a priceless painting unravels in a Paris chateau.
4 22 30 David Letterman
Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert, Dana Delany, Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens.
8 Connecticut Business Review
40 Rush Limbaugh

1AM
3 Rush Limbaugh
5 Feed the Children
9 Family Feud
11 News
13 In the Spotlight
20 Movie
'Vendetta.' (1986) A Hollywood stuntwoman (Karen Chase) getse herself jailed to revenge her sister's death in prison.
38B Honeymooners

1:05
8 Arsenio Hall
40 Commercial Programs

1:30
3 Whoopi Goldberg
5 Rush Limbaugh
9 Joe Franklin

1:35
2 You Bet Your Life
4 22 Bob Costas
Richard Lewis.
30 Studs

2AM
3 7 News
5 9 11 Commercial Programs
13 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
26 Valuevision
38B Movie BW
'Secret Agent.' (1936) Alfred Hitchcock's complex espionage tale of masquerade and murder in 1916 Switzerland. Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre.

2:05
2 Up to the Minute
4 News
8 You Bet Your Life
22 Nightside
30 Bob Costas
40 Home Shopping Network

2:30
3 Up to the Minute
7 World News Now

2:35
8 Commercial Program
30 News

2:40
4 In the Heat of the Night

3AM
5 Movie
'Phase IV.' (1974) Weird chiller about Arizona ants that threaten to take over the world. Nigel Davneport, Lynne Frederick.
9 Home Shopping Spree
11 Movie
'His Mistress.' (1984) Romance on the rocks between an aspiring executive (Julianne Phillips) and the family man (Robert Urich) who heads the company.
13 Great Performances

3:05
30 Nightside

3:35
4 Nightside

4AM
8 World News Now
38B Beverly Hillbillies

4:30
7 Oprah Winfrey

4:45
5 Movietone News BW